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But that doesn't mean yellow doesn't look good with red with a flaming C for the Flames

Oh man, I could not possibly disagree more. But I acknowledge your hatred of the Flames!

This looks so good, especially with the red base on the helmet.

Yeah, that's a good call. Not sure though. It sure looks like the beast on it is genetically related to this beast

Samsonov's bucket. I've always like Dave's designs with just one large thing like his open mouth creature or face/head of a creature designs. So much less cluttered than the more dynamic collage of smaller things designs

Pretty sweet how the goalies matched the not-goalie's gloves. Very nice.

I'd say next time you play just try to focus on small things in your game and work on those, create little victories for yourself. "I will send a blocker rebound safely to the corner" and do it. "I will trap a puck in my belly" and do it. "I will keep my hands actively out in front of my body" and do it. Work on building confidence one little piece at a time. Ultimately you can only control yourself so try not to invest too much well-being or emotions in things you can not control. I know it's easy and perhaps comforting to blame our teammates and have high expectations for them, but as goalies we are responsible for any shot on net, no matter what. That's not to say we should expect to save every shot and get shutouts, but we have a chance to make decisions on every shot, every save. We can learn to make better decisions and improve, bit by bit, piece by piece. Ultimately, we are the only ones who improve our game on the ice and build healthy emotional and mental durability that allows us to endure the stressors of playing goalie. I like to think of everything that happens in front of us as a filter: our responsibility, what we should worry about and invest in, is everything that gets through the filter, no matter what. That's where I learned to aim my focus after struggling with anger and embarrassment and frustration for years in in my 20s and 30s. I think if we worry too much about the filter in front of us, if we expect too much or place blame there, we are projecting too much of our well-being and success on things we can not control and setting ourselves up for failure.

You guys rule.

Also, this is my buddy with the Grubauer connection. What if he's there?? What am I gonna wear??? OMG.

My teammate just invited me to Canadian Thanksgiving: "This Sunday evening. Dinner around 5 or 6. Same as American thanksgiving just more polite and we watch hockey."

LOL, I guess you would be a giraffe if that was your throat. Regardless, that's a good one.

Holy shit that's your throat?!?

You win the day, my friend.

Top Vezina picks for this season hit the media today

And asked if he needs any assistance with his future projects.

There is guy going around starting fires in my neighborhood at work. We were setting up to start our sensory analysis this morning and all of a sudden we smelled smoke. Successive fires every 3 blocks to the south. Good times. Oh, city life.

Haha. Part of the problem as well. These angles are descriptive and definite but poorly understood, practically. How man goalies could correctly answer this: -put your hand up, thumb to the right. Image a 75 degree glove on it. Now Imagine changing it to 80 degrees. Do you turn the glove left or right?

Pretty sure we have not shown Fleury's amazing all green set yet. Here he is against some kid named Connor https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1710131427327516749

it's all good. This gained more traction than it deserves. I guess to summarize my point and show a difference with the Levi's model number comparison: Degree angle in a glove is descriptive. It is a number that descibes the way a glove is built, sits on your hand, and feels. 90 degrees is a real, tangible thing. It is specifically what makes that glove different than a 65, 70.....degree glove. They chose to call that glove 580, which is arbitrary and thus, means nothing. 90 means something, 580 does not. I guess this is where I jump off the train in say the board meeting when someone proposes calling that glove a Reebok (was that first??) 90 and someone else goes "Nah, call that glove a Reebok 580" and they all go "Yes!" and vote for that. Which forces customers to ask "What is a 580?" and the answer is "It is a 90." Even worse: "What is a Mach?" "It is a 600. " "What is a 600?" "It is a 50." We don't give Levi's model numbers to Lucky Jeans. Shrug. Back on topic, hey look, Devon Levi looking sick. Early vote for set of the year in my book

The Levi jeans comparison is the best explanation, or analogy, I've seen. Thanks. It still irks me I guess, not in a hostile way, that they chose an arbitrary number to refer to a number, which itself is a degree of measurement that is the only significant factor that brings uniqueness. This conversation: "-what is a 580? -it's a 90 degree glove. -how is that different than a 590? -that is a 60 degree glove." Is absurd. In this sense "580" is as arbitrary as "Fresttlibuuj" as a name for a glove that is only different from another glove by a number of degrees that measure an angle. I guess this started as a discussion of how convoluted and arbitrary gear names are and that's where my brain went.

I think this illustrates my point, actually. 580 is a number that is one more than 579. How would we change that glove to be a 579 and not a 580? What about changing it a bit more to be a 560 and not a 580? Can we custom order a 613? What does the value of the number 580 mean in the spectrum of numbers in terms of how a glove is built? Nothing about the combination of those physical features = the number 580. In fact, you can get a 590 with those exact same features.

For real. Do we even know what the hell 580, 590, and 600 mean, yet? Why name a break angle on a glove a number but not use the actual number of the thing being measured. I'm sure there is some explanation that I missed or chose to ignore over the years, but the fact still stands that 580 means 90 degrees, so why not just call it Reebok/CCM/Lefevre/True 90? Why add another level of obscurity and confusion? Why use a symbol to refer to an existing symbol? Are arcs in a circle measured in something different than degrees in ole' Canada?

LOL, exactly. I swear goalie gear naming across the board is so damn convoluted and irrational.

Mach --> Mach 2........ "Faster___________" . Missed opportunity.

This all sounds perfect. Really into the graphic too. By the time these launch I might be ready for the jump up from M5s.